1964 in Germany

Events in the year 1964 in Germany.

Incumbents

 * President – Heinrich Lübke
 * Chancellor – Ludwig Erhard

Events

 * 1 January - Start of Einer wird gewinnen with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff on German broadcaster ARD
 * 11 January - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964
 * 26 June - July 7 - 14th Berlin International Film Festival
 * 27 June-5 October: documenta III
 * 1 July - 1964 West German presidential election
 * German company Auto Union is acquired by Volkswagen Group over subsidiary Audi AG.

Births

 * 2 January - Chris Welp, German professional basketball player (died 2015)
 * 6 January- Henry Maske, boxer
 * 28 January - Juergen Teller, German artist and photographer
 * 4 February - Elke Philipp, German Paralympic equestrian
 * 12 February - Stéphane Franke, German athlete (died 2011)
 * 16 February - Susanne Baer, judge
 * 27 February - Thomas Lange, rower
 * 16 March - H.P. Baxxter, singer
 * 30 March - Rüdiger Hoffmann, comedian
 * 5 May - Heike Henkel, athlete
 * 21 May - Walter Homolka, rabbi
 * 29 April - Markus Majowski, actor and comedian
 * 2 June - Caroline Link, film director
 * 3 June - Doro, heavy metal singer
 * 17 June - Michael Gross, swimmer
 * 20 June - Silke Möller, athlete
 * 27 June
 * Kai Diekmann, journalist
 * Heike Matthiesen, classical guitarist (d. 2023)
 * 17 July – Norbert Dobeleit, television personality and athlete
 * 21 July - Jens Weißflog, ski jumper
 * 23 July – Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (Megadeth) (d. 2016)
 * 30 July - Jürgen Klinsmann, footballer
 * 8 August - Jan Josef Liefers, actor
 * 17 August - Natascha Ochsenknecht, German actress
 * 19 August - Christoph Schrewe film director
 * 24 August - Beatrice Gründler, German Arabist
 * 12 September - Dirk Richter, German swimmer
 * 24 September - Ralf Husmann, German television producer and screenwriter
 * 2 October - Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
 * 10 October - Maxi Gnauck, gymnast
 * 19 October - Georg F. W. Schaeffler, German entrepreneur
 * 25 October - Nicole, singer
 * 12 November - Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer
 * 7 December - Ilse Aigner, politician
 * 8 December - Richard David Precht, author and philosopher
 * 9 December
 * Hape Kerkeling, actor and comedian
 * Johannes B. Kerner, journalist, sports caster and television presenter
 * Paul Landers, musician, band Rammstein
 * Michael Müller, politician
 * 14 December – Antje Vowinckel, radio artist and musician
 * 15 December – Denis Scheck, literary critic and journalist
 * 16 December - Heike Drechsler, athlete
 * 19 December - Ben Becker, actor
 * 24 December - Bernd Michael Lade, actor

Deaths

 * January 4 - Andreas Hermes, German politician (born 1878)
 * January 18 - Thomas Wimmer, German politician (born 1887)
 * February 13 - Jakob Brendel, German wrestler (born 1907)
 * February 21 -Georg Jacoby, German film director and screenwriter (born 1882)
 * March 13 - Friedrich Lahrs, German architect (born 1880)
 * April 13 - Veit Harlan, German film director and actor (born 1899)
 * April 20 - August Sander, German portrait and documentary photographer (born 1876)
 * April 24 - Gerhard Domagk German pathologist and bacteriologist (born 1895)
 * May 21 - James Franck, German physicist (born 1882)
 * June 5 - Ernst Waldow, German actor (born 1893)
 * September 10 - Paul Klingenburg, German water polo player (born 1907)
 * September 21 - Otto Grotewohl, German politician (born 1894)
 * September 28 - Richard Häussler, German actor (born 1908)
 * October 4 - Claus Bergen, German painter (born 1885)
 * October 26 - Agnes Miegel, German poet (born 1879)
 * November 1 — Karl von Graffen, Wehrmacht general (born 1893)
 * November 14 - Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (born 1904)
 * December 30 - Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, German neuropathologist (born 1885)